#ladakh news

[rightnewshindi]

चीन भारत के खिलाफ रच रहा बड़ी साजिश, लद्दाख के पास हेलीस्ट्रिप गयायी में बनाई छह हेलीस्ट्रिप

China Helistrip on LAC: एलएसी (वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा) पर भारत के साथ शांति से मुखर चीन अपनी नई साजिश में लगा हुआ है. बुधवार को सैटेलाइट तस्वीरों के जरिए खुलासा हुआ कि चीन ने लद्दाख से सटी एलएसी पर 6 नई हेलीस्ट्रिप बनाई हैं. लद्दाख के डेमचोक से इन हेलीस्ट्रिप की दूरी महज 160 किलोमीटर है. भारत और चीन के बीच कई दौर की बैठकों के बाद भी साल 2020 में गलवान घाटी विवाद को लेकर कोई सहमति नहीं बन पाई है.…

[beautiful-basque-country]

See this needle??

It's located in the Ladakh area, in the western part of the Himalayas near the border of India, Pakistan and China. It didn't have a name and nobody had ever climbed it.

Until now! Basque climbers Joseba Iztueta and Ekaitz Maiz recently managed to reach the summit at 5,760m by opening a new climbing route of around 1,500m. Not having a name, and wanting to give the needle some Basque meaning they decided to name it Amaiur Peak.

And they didn't stop at that! They opened 16 climbing routes more in this area of ​​the Himalayas that will provide a lot of play for the next adventurers who visit the place, since they are all of a high level and require great skills.

Love this!!!

[defencestar]

Indian Army Resumes Patrolling in Eastern Ladakh's Demchok

India-China Border News: New Delhi, November 1, 2024, – The Indian Army has resumed patrolling activities in the strategically important Demchok sector of Eastern Ladakh. This development comes days after India and China successfully completed disengagement at two friction points in the region: Demchok and Depsang Plains. The disengagement process, which concluded earlier this week, marked a…

[votermood]

Sonam Wangchuk’s Fast: Activist warming up the political climate of Delhi

[newshawkers]

लद्दाख में पांच नए जिले बनाने का एलान|

[himalayanmonkstories]

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[beenasarwar]

The silence of Kashmir, and the dangerous falsehoods of democracy, development, peace

As elections loom in India, eminent journalist Anuradha Bhasin, Editor Kashmir Times and a Knight Fellow at Stanford, questions whether hearts have really 'been won’ and ‘an era of progress established’ in her state?

The Indian state has papered over the silence of the media to push through a false narrative of development, democracy, and progress in Kashmir, making it a façade to hide the bigger picture. By Anuradha Bhasin  For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kashmir continues to be an election prop. His chest-thumping about his ‘enthusiastic’ Kashmiri audience, which comprises forcibly corralled government…

[environmentindia]

Environment India News Alert

🛑 The residents of the village of Phey near Leh in Ladakh are cultivating a crop that is usually not grown in the fragile, water-scarce cold desert region. Using a technique known as mulching, the village in Leh district has emerged as the hub of organic watermelon cultivation.

🛑 A retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, VP Mohan, sought the immediate intervention of Prime Minister in stopping projects being undertaken under the Shimla Smart City Mission. He also sought efforts to tackle the alleged environmental corruption in the town, besides action against anyone found guilty in this practice. Addressing the media, Mohan said the projects being undertaken under the Smart City Mission were not making the town smart, but converting it into a slum.

https://www.uniindia.com/~/former-wildlife-official-blames-congress-govt-for-ignoring-shimla-s-receding-green-belt/States/news/3174015.html

🛑 A new report by campaigning organisation Greenpeace International revealed that close to 90% of Indians support reducing plastic production to tackle pollution and combat climate change. This widespread public backing comes ahead of a crucial meeting in Ottawa, Canada, where a global treaty to regulate plastics will be discussed.

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/pollution/almost-90-indians-support-cutting-plastic-production-to-tackle-pollution-and-combat-climate-change-greenpeace-95384

🛑 Spread over more than 41 acres and with a capacity of 33,000, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium at Mullanpur, Punjab is on the legal turf, with the filing of a petition in public interest for restraining the BCCI and other respondents from conducting cricket matches and tournament there.

🛑 Assam govt submitted before the Gauhati high court on Wednesday that even though the state cabinet has decided to denotify the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary, the formal notification has not been issued till date.

🌱🌏🌱

[kimskashmir]

Dry weather in J&K until April 10, Except for April 3 & 5: MeT

SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Tuesday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir until April 10, with exceptions on April 3 and 5. “Today, the weather is expected to remain mainly clear in Jammu and Kashmir with a possibility of light rain and snow at isolated higher reaches,” an official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said. “On April 3, anticipate partly to…

[improbable-rainbows]

Sanding Prayers by Brice Retailleau on Flickr

Arriving in Hemis Monastery is special enough. Largest and richest temple in Ladakh, you need no extra to make your visit memorable. Unless you arrive just a few days after Hemis yearly main festival where, for a few days, several monks went on building this sand mandala too big to fit on anyone I know's table. The work goes almost one grain at a time. It takes incredible patience through meditation. It is also a symbole of the ephemeral aspect of life as monks are going to destroy it within hours. Gotta be wise to accept that, when you broke your back building it for days.

[rightnewshindi]

फेक क्रिप्टोकरेंसी ऑपरेटिंग मामले में ईडी ने लद्दाख में की छापेमारी, PMLA के तहत की जा रही मामले की जांच

प्रवर्तन निदेशालय (ED) ने पहली बार केंद्र शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख में छापेमारी की है. यह रेड आज यानी 2 अगस्त को फेक क्रिप्टो करेंसी के मामले में की गई है. यह छापेमारी फेक क्रिप्टो करेंसी संचालक से जुड़े मनी लॉन्ड्रिंग जांच के तहत की जा रही है. फेक क्रिप्टोकरेंसी ऑपरेटिंग मामले में ईडी जांच में जुटी हुई है, ईडी ने ये छापेमारी लद्दाख के लेह, जम्मू-कश्मीर के जम्मू और हरियाणा के सोनीपत में 6 जगहों पर की…

[generalknowledgeinkannada]

The Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh will host the first-ever frozen lake marathon on 20th February 2023, at an altitude of roughly 13,862 feet. The first-ever frozen lake marathon which is of 21-kilometer is India’s first of its kind. The marathon will occur at a height of 13,862 feet and it will be the first of its kind to ever take place in the globe at this altitude. ಲಡಾಖ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪ್ಯಾಂಗೊಂಗ್ ತ್ಸೋ ಸರೋವರವು 20 ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ 2023 ರಂದು ಸುಮಾರು 13,862 ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ಫ್ರೂಜೆ‌‍‍ನ್ ಲೇಕ್ ಮ್ಯಾರಥಾನ್ ಅನ್ನು ಆಯೋಜಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. 21-ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರ್‌ಗಳ ಮೊದಲ ಹೆಪ್ಪುಗಟ್ಟಿದ ಲೇಕ್ ಮ್ಯಾರಥಾನ್ ಈ ಎತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲೇ ಇದೇ ಮೊದಲನೆಯದು. . FALLOW US 👇 @current_affairs_in_kannada ನಮ್ಮ PAGE ಅನ್ನು FOLLOW ಮಾಡಿ POST & STORY NOTIFICATION 🔔 on ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಿ #currentaffairskannada #currentaffairsinkannada #generalknowledgeinkannada #caik #news #currentaffairs #kannada #dailyupdates #kpsc #kptcl #upsc #pangonglake #pangong #lake #frozenmarathon #marathon #ladakh (at Pangong Lake, Ladakh) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxUKcQP8mw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[votermood]

लद्दाख क्षेत्रफल की दृष्टि से भारत का सबसे बड़ा और कम आबादी वाली केंद्रशासित प्रदेश है। जम्मू-कश्मीर पुनर्गठन अधिनियम- 2019 के पारित होने पहले लद्दाख जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य का हिस्सा हुआ करता था।

31 अक्टूबर 2019 को भारत सरकार द्वारा लद्दाख को अलग केंद्रशासित प्रदेश घोषित कर दिया गया।

इसके बाद से लद्दाख में राजनीतिक हलचल तेज होने लगी और स्थानीय नेताओं, समाजिक संगठन व आम जनता लद्दाख को पूर्ण केंद्रशासित प्रदेश या पूर्ण ��ाज्य के दर्जे के लिए आंदोलन करने लगी।

तब से लद्दाख का मुद्दा लगातार भारतीय राजनीति में बना हुआ है।

[newshawkers]

कारगिल विजय दिवस मनाएंगे पीएम मोदी|

[thistransient]

Halfway through July, and I have neglected to write my yearly birthday introspection, although it did occur to me that between my birthday and the new year I was in fact doing two introspections a year anyways.

For certain reasons I've been waffling about it, but it's also quite nice to be able to look back and compare with the previous year, to see what's changed (sometimes unexpectedly) and what's still the same. Last year I mentioned I "made a close friend [...] and disentangled myself from a draining relationship", but in the end I had been drawn to said friend because he was the polar opposite of the person I was disentangling myself from, and while a different extreme might have been refreshing in the moment, that too was unsustainable in the long run. I think what finally dragged me out of the cycle of too-clingy/too-distant nebulous just-friends-but-what-if sort of relationships was twofold: I started going to counselling with a goal (not the usual "I feel like I'm having a breakdown so I'll see a therapist for 3-6 months before ditching"), and also got into a communal hobby such that I was able to make casual friends and attend regular and diverse events with a time limit (rather than laser focusing on one person and relying on them for all my socialising).

A year ago I said I was feeling adrift, goal-less, and filled with the sort of summer malaise inspired by the scorching Taipei weather this time of year. Unfortunately we are still rather scorched. The temperature and UV levels somewhat put a damper on my usual practice of walking around outside looking at things. On the positive side, I did struggle through the adrift-ness and applied for one (1) grad school program over the winter, which I didn't get into but I did learn that I feel better when I'm working on something, and I was also motivated to finally take Taiwan's Chinese proficiency exam to open up my options for the sort of programs I could try for in the future (I passed a level higher than I expected to, and it was great to feel acknowledgment of my competence at something I'd really put long-term effort into). After the grad school rejection I started planning the trip to Ladakh, which allllmost felt like it involved a similar level of paperwork and fuss- and actually pulling that off in the end (ok, even tho this was after my birthday) despite all my fears and anxiety (particularly around travelling post-transition) was also a great confidence boost. (For a week after I also had this frantic urge to drastically change my life, and I can't tell if it wore off with time or if the heat simply drained out all ambition beyond staying out of the sun and sitting in front of the fan eating cold dragonfruits.)

I have at least two proper goals now, and although one may require starting over entirely from an educational standpoint, as they say, "the time will pass anyways". On my bike rides at night I do tend to start pondering what shall become of me, creeping along in the years but being no closer to permanent or even temporary residency status than any other time I write about it either wistfully or with well-intentioned but otherwise ultimately futile determination, nor feeling like I am useful for any sort of capitalist pursuits. (I suppose this is the part of reflection wherein things have stayed the same, and we must stay tuned for next year.) But I also believe I have made some progress in deflating a little the omnipresent catholic guilt at simply existing, not to mention the adjacent notion that enjoying life a bit and not being maximally miserable at all times is a SIN. By this I mean I have gone twice now to a nice hair salon to let a beautiful woman shampoo, condition, and also give me a haircut that doesn't bear a strong resemblance to a bichon-frise immediately after.

All in all, I would say the verdict is incremental improvement. (Okay maybe I'm also racking up incremental nerve damage from all the shibari but you win some you lose some.) My housing/employment/visa-running status hasn't changed dramatically but I feel more hopeful and kinder with myself. I think my Chinese reading speed has kicked up a notch. I've managed to keep the instant noodle consumption under control. I've sent a lot of postcards on my quarterly trips, which are generally well-received. I have taken great delight in growing many plants in the window cage (whether they survive is another thing, RIP to the tomato plants while I was away, bravo to the basil that miraculously rehydrated from what seemed to be a completely unsalvageable state, sorry to the lemon tree sprout that was apparently doing fine on its own before I came back and over-watered it to death). Things feel kinda okay, and I used to be quite suspicious of this because surely they were only going to get worse again, but these days I figure hey, even so, might as well enjoy it while it lasts.

[rjzimmerman]

Trying to Make a Global Change With a Local Focus. (New York Times)

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

In 1975, the Swedish linguist Helena Norberg-Hodge became one of the first modern Westerners to visit Ladakh, a region on the Tibetan plateau that was largely closed to international visitors until 1974. While making a documentary film and creating the first Ladakhi dictionary, she fell in love with the Ladakhis — “the happiest, most vital, most brilliantly joyous people I had ever encountered,” she said.

But over the years, as global trade and economic development arrived in Ladakh, Ms. Norberg-Hodge witnessed a rise in previously nonexistent unemployment, poverty, pollution, depression, suicide and divisiveness between cultural groups. Dismayed by similar problems around the globe, she started Local Futures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing climate change, mental well-being and more by strengthening local economies worldwide and ending the most wasteful aspects of the global trade system.

How is the global trade system contributing to climate change?

Food is being traded over longer and longer distances, and this includes insane redundancies and processing things on the other side of the world. The U.S. exports as much beef as it imports. England exports as much milk and butter as it imports. Fish is sent from Europe, Australia and America to China to be deboned and sent back again. Apples are sent across the world to be washed and waxed. Shrimp are sent from England to Thailand to be peeled.

And with the global trading system, the pressure from global institutions is toward bigger and bigger monocultures. Monoculture is ecocidal. It demands lots of chemicals, additives and technology. So it’s very toxic, and it’s killing the soil.

What are some misunderstandings about this system?

One idea is that this is happening because people want strawberries in winter. That’s a big misconception. It is because global trade enriches global traders. Another is that local food is inevitably more expensive. It’s only more expensive because governments are subsidizing global trade, including infrastructure — ports, airports and superhighways, which are linked to giant monocultures for export to ever-larger cities. So we have a false economy.

It could change if more activists have a linked-up voice demanding governments stop using taxes, subsidies and regulations to favor global trade and global monopolies. Instead, they need to start taxing and regulating the global, and deregulating activities at the local and national levels. I think the pressure will start from the ground up, but the truth is that governments could relatively quickly shift those mechanisms.